Tag Archives: Vietnam

Vietnam may be a coffee-exporting country but local consumers have grown fond of tea-based drinks, a report by Kantar Worldpanel shows. Tea-based drinks, including RTD (ready-to-drink) and RTS (ready-to-serve) beverages, are now consumed by over half of Ho Chi Minh City’s population. Coffee, on the other hand, reaches just one-third …

Vietnam will build its maritime sector to boost economic development and strengthen national defense, a new Party resolution says. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Wednesday issued a resolution on sustainable development of the maritime economy until 2030 and with a vision until 2045. The strategy outlined …

Vietnam faces the daunting prospect of balancing its relations with the U.S. and China as tensions escalate between the superpowers. The second October 16-17 visit by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis to Vietnam this year attracted great attention among international experts. His first visit was in January 2018. Carl Thayer, …

While several carriers want the price ceilings for domestic flights raised, inflation concerns have prevailed, for now. The current price ceiling, fixed by the Transport Ministry in August 2015, is set to remain unchanged for the time being as a new draft circular on air transportation rates. Under the draft …

The interest that faculty and Harvard classmates showed in the story of her family-run business prompted the book, says Vietnamese entrepreneur. Competing with Giants, the first book by a Vietnamese author published by ForbesBooks, was recently released in Vietnam. The book, co-authored by Tran Uyen Phuong with British journalist Jackie …

More than one electricity generator and wholesaler exists in Vietnam, but the country still does not have a competitive electricity market. Tran Dinh Long, deputy chair of the Vietnam Power Association, under the Electricity Law and the Prime Minister’s Decision No 63, said Vietnam will experience three stages of development …

Vietnam and Cambodia should intensify cooperation in monitoring their export and import of timber and wood products, thus minimising illegal timber trading at border areas, heard a dialogue held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 22. The event was jointly organised by the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VAF) of …

A policy extension will allow citizens of 46 countries to enter Vietnam for 30 days with e-visa until 2021. The Vietnamese government has approved a two-year extension of the pilot e-visa issuance program for foreigners visiting the country. The policy was launched on February 1, 2017, allowing citizens from 40 …

Vietnam was relegated three spots to 77th out of the 140 economies listed in the latest Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday. This year, the WEF introduced its new concept, the Global Competitive Index 4.0 (GCI4.0) – a revision to its past criteria meant …

Vietnam surpassed China as a supplier of footwear for Germany-based Adidas in 2017 in the multinational corporation’s years-long shift of sourcing, according to the latest figures from the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO). In 2017, Vietnam made 44 percent of Adidas’ footwear volume while Chinese factories produced 19 …